This Weekend at LACMA: Earth Day Festivities, Ellsworth Kelly Closes, and More

This weekend is your final opportunity to catch Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings, LACMA’s major retrospective of Ellsworth Kelly’s print practice. Ellsworth Kelly will be open only through this Sunday, April 22, on the second level of BCAM. Note, however, that BCAM is closing early on Saturday evening (5 pm) for a special event, and the third level of BCAM will be closed all day Saturday. Likewise, the last run of Chris Burden’s Metropolis II on Saturday on the lower level of BCAM will be 3:30–4:30 pm.

Where some things end, others begin: We’re hosting our first ever Earth Day celebration on Sunday from noon to 5 pm. We’ve organized special nature-themed gallery tours, as well as tours of LACMA’s own gardens and natural art on campus. There will also be an all-ages outdoor sketching workshop with artist Thom Dower, a bike photo booth, and KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox providing the soundtrack for the day’s events.

We’re also saluting alternative transportation with free bicycle valet parking (space limited), a screening of the documentary Riding Bikes with the Dutch (including a Q&A with the director), and FREE general admission for those who travel to LACMA by bike, foot, bus, or by some other non-single-car means of transportation.

Andell Family Sundays takes place on the North Piazza from 12:30 to 3:30 pm and stays true to the Earth Day theme with family art activities centered on using recycled materials.